data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/google” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/google”>Google and Meta have delayed segments of their subsea cable projects crossing the Red Sea, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-17/google-meta-delay-red-sea-cables-as-security-risks-rattle-plans” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-17/google-meta-delay-red-sea-cables-as-security-risks-rattle-plans” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>Bloomberg reported Monday, November 17, citing continuing security risks in a corridor where previous cable damage has already impacted global cloud traffic. The decision affects some of the world’s largest infrastructure builds, including Meta’s 2Africa system and Google’s Blue-Raman route, at a time when Europe-to-Asia capacity remains stretched and prone to latency spikes during outages.
The Red Sea…
